The CW drama — which was just named the winner of TVGuide.com's Fall TV Popularity Contest — surged 30 percent Wednesday to 3.7 million viewers and a 1.3 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, matching its best numbers since the premiere. The growth also boosted Supernatural (2.3 million, 1.0), which was up 20 percent.

NBC won the night with a special episode of The Voice (10.4 million, 3.7), which easily trumped The X Factor (7 million, 2.6) head-to-head again. Thanks to a big lead-in, Chicago Fire jumped more than 40 percent to 7.1 million viewers and a 2.3 to tie CSI(10.3 million, 2.3) in the demo and edge out ABC's Nashville (6 million, 2.0), which also grew slightly.